Author: Joaquín AlegrePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : es
Pages : 26
Book Description
Invernada de aves acuáticas en los embalses y lagunas de la provincia de León
Author: Joaquín AlegreLegal Tools and Incentives for Private Lands Conservation in Latin America
Author: Environmental Law InstitutePublisher: Environmental Law Institute
ISBN: 9781585760596
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
This publication describes the use of legal tools and incentives mechanisms for the conservation of private lands in Latin America, and assesses their implementation record. It reviews both mandatory provisions and the use of voluntary instruments such as easements and private reserve designations that have grown in use since the early 1990s. It ends with recommendations for an improved framework for private lands conservation, and presents model laws for the creation of private reserves and conservation easements.
Global Plan of Action for the Conservation, Sustainable Use and Development of Forest Genetic Resources
Author: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and AgriculturePublisher: Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)
ISBN: 9789251084229
Category : Forest germplasm resources conservation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Part I. Introduction -- Part II. Strategic priorities for action. Priority area 1 : Improving the availability of, and access to, information on FGR -- Priority area 2 : In situ and ex situ conservation of FGR -- Priority area 3 : Sustainable use, development and management of FGR -- Priority area 4 : Policies, institutions and capacity-building
The Conservation Handbook
Author: William J. SutherlandPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470999349
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Textbooks on the principles of conservation biology abound. Yet, how does one put this theoretical knowledge into practice? The aim of The Conservation Handbook is to provide clear guidance on the implementation of conservation techniques. The wide range of methods described include those for ecological research, monitoring, planning, education, habitat management and combining conservation with development. Nineteen case studies illustrate how the methods have been applied. The book will be of interest to conservation biology students and practicing conservationists worldwide. For each copy of the book sold, another copy will be sent free to a practicing conservationist outside Western Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Foreword by E. O. Wilson. Concise, practical guide packed full of ideas, methods and advice. Provides solutions for the main conservation problems most commonly encountered. 18 global case studies illustrate the application of techniques. The Conservation Handbook Donations Project this book is being sent free to those practising conservationists outside Western Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand and Japan who are otherwise unlikely to obtain a copy. These copies are provided at cost price by Blackwell Science, the publisher, and paid for with the author''s royalties. Each book sold means another one will be donated.
Commission to Study Adequacy of Federal Payments to the District of Columbia
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of ColumbiaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
The Flamingos on Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles)
Author: Jan RoothThe Flamingos
Author: Robert Porter AllenPublisher:
ISBN: 9781258759735
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
With Special Reference To The American Or West Indian Flamingo. National Audubon Society, Research Report No. 5.
Bird Migration
Author: Peter BertholdPublisher:
ISBN: 9780198507871
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Ten years have passed since the first edition of this book. During that time the field of bird migration has experienced many advances which are reflected in this second edition. No other book exists to bring together the vast amount of information currently available on the subject of bird migration. Includes discussion of evolution and history of bird migration, physiology, orientation mechanisms and threats to migrations and is accessible to experts as well as amateurs.
Kirtland's Warbler
Author: 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals
Author: Ulf GärdenforsPublisher: IUCN
ISBN: 9782831703350
Category : Ecology
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
The 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals was a major advance on its predecessors in clarity of layout and amount of information presented. This is taken further in the 1996 edition, which is also the first global compilation to use the complete new IUCN Red List category system.